Today's Top Event: Sing Murphy's pit-bull art at John F. Kennedy University Arts and Consciousness Gallery
Brainiac: Learn something new every day. Today's lecture: Poetry Express gets between the sheets with its annual open mic Between the Holidays Erotic Poetry Night at Berkeley's Priya Indian Cuisine
Is It Lunch Yet? Express food critic John Birdsall recommends: Fishi Cafe in Fremont
On the Town: Going out tonight? Soften your Monday with a Key Lime Pie (a mixture of Stoli Vanilla, Malibu rum, lime juice, and 7-Up) at the Radio Bar in downtown Oakland.
Hardly Working: You've got time. We know how to waste it. Check out Story Line -- famous people reading kids' books.
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